Rami Levy testifies in trial of Victory owner Ayal Ravid on price-fixing charges

Rami Levy testified on Wednesday at the Lod District Court in the trial of Ayal Ravid, owner of the Victory supermarket chain, who is charged with attempted price coordination and interfering with competitors' prices. Levy was summoned as a witness for the Israel Competition Authority.

Rami Levy, owner of the Shuk HaShikma chain, appeared this morning (Wednesday) at the Lod District Court to testify in the trial of Eyal Ravid, owner of the Victory chain. Ravid is accused of attempted price fixing and interfering with competitors' prices. Levy was summoned as a witness for the Competition Authority, after the case against him in the affair was closed. At the start of the hearing, Ravid shook Levy's hand. The indictment, filed a year and a half ago, is based mainly on Ravid's public statements, recordings, and correspondence. In one recording, Ravid called Levy "the terrorist from Modi'in." The charges also include offenses under the Food Law, in a precedent-setting manner. Alongside Ravid, Eitan Yohananoff, Elad Harazi, and Efraim Teshuva were also indicted. The article emphasizes that the defendants have not been convicted and are presumed innocent.